{"id":54024,"date":"2025-05-01T19:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T22:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=54024"},"modified":"2025-05-01T19:30:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T22:30:00","slug":"lower-sackville-man-woman-charged-after-drugs-unstamped-tobacco-seized-during-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=54024","title":{"rendered":"Lower Sackville man, woman charged after drugs, unstamped tobacco seized during investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;127&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;188&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>LOWER SACKVILLE:<\/strong> A 30-year-old man and a 26-year-old woman, both from Lower Sackville have been charged with various offences after the RCMP&#8217;s Halifax Regional Detachment (HRD) Street Crime Enforcement Unit (SCEU) executed a warrant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On April 29, in relation to an ongoing drug trafficking investigation, RCMP HRD SCEU officers, with the assistance of RCMP Halifax Regional Detachment, conducted a targeted traffic stop on Hwy. 101 a.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They safely arrested the lone occupant of the vehicle, a 30-year-old man from Lower Sackville. A search of the man resulted in the seizure of cocaine, methamphetamines and cash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That evening, at approximately 9:30 p.m., officers safely arrested another person, a 26-year-old Lower Sackville woman, at a property on Quinella Crt. and executed a search warrant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate group=&#8221;6&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;148&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During a search of the home and a vehicle at the property, officers seized a quantity of cocaine, 200 methamphetamine pills, MDMA, drug paraphernalia, more than $15,000 and unstamped tobacco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brandon Scott Sanford and Kaitlyn Kristina Starratt have been charged with Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking (two counts) and Possession of Property Obtained by Crime. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They were held in custody and released on conditions by the court yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both Sanford and Starratt will return in Dartmouth Provincial Court on July 9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;31&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;54&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyone with information about illicit drugs or other criminal activity in the Halifax Regional Municipality is encouraged to contact police at 902-490-5020. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To remain anonymous, call Nova Scotia Crime Stoppers, toll-free, at 1-800-222-TIPS (84770.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also submit a secure web tip at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.crimestoppers.ns.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.crimestoppers.ns.ca<\/a>, or use the P3 Tips app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>File: 25-46166<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;71&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;127&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;92&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;127&#8243;] [adrotate banner=&#8221;188&#8243;] LOWER SACKVILLE: A 30-year-old man and a 26-year-old woman, both from Lower Sackville have been charged with various offences after the RCMP&#8217;s Halifax Regional Detachment (HRD) Street Crime Enforcement Unit (SCEU) executed a warrant. 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